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Instructional film by International Film Bureau on how to create a film with sound. Techniques are demonstrated by adding sound to an informative f...

Bob Kick: The Mischievous Kid Two films by early filmmaker George Melies copied by the Library of Congress in 1968 from original 35mm paper positiv...

Fragment from A Citrate Special, an unidentified "prank film" from the late teens or early '20s. This print is missing the opening credits...

Promotional snipe advertising a sneak preview screening of The Awful Truth (1937) before its official theatrical run. 

Trailer for "Offical Spanish Civil War Pictures."

Snipe advertising the cool temperatures of a movie theatre, likely made by the Filmack Trailer Company in Chicago around 1932. The ad boasts "our m...

Snipe advertising the sale of theatre gift coupon books, "good at any Great Lakes Theatre." Likely produced by the Filmack Trailer Company of Chicago.

This short film provides behind-the-scenes looks at the day-to-day lives of Hollywood actors and includes cameo appearances by many film stars.

An assortment of footage of various newsreel camera operators working; includes two stories featuring President Harry S. Truman.

Sound footage featuring the Picone family at home. Basil Picone was a cameraman who introduced Frank Koza into the industry. Koza was godfather to ...

Sound home movie footage of Frank Koza and his two cameramen brothers, Tom and Roland, cleaning a gun and drinking. They drunkenly talk about how t...

I.A.T.S.E. stands for International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. In 1948 they became the dominant union in the entertainment industry. T...

A documentary film on the life and career of Beverly Bayne, an early silent film star whose marquee name was key to the success of Essanay Studios ...

Mayor Edward J. Kelly signs a proclamation announcing that the City of Chicago intends to promote the motion picture industry by supporting "the gr...